Don't understand why this is the most famous work of Tennessee Williams, I hope not the most human

Ottilie 2022-03-23 09:01:54

Some time ago, I listened to the translation of the author's Kingdom of the Earth, so I watched one of the author's most famous movies. I have only seen this and a few of Chaplin's films in black and white, and found subtitles in more than a dozen languages. I was curious and watched it. 2 hours.
I don't know what to say about this movie, it's not necessarily the popcorn movie some people call it, but it makes me extremely uncomfortable. First of all, this film is full of violence. I thought the male lead played by Marlon Brando would be a good guy when he first appeared, with a good figure and cute looks, but he was a guy who would beat his wife a lot. As a result, her wife actually resigned, at most she ran upstairs to them, and then the male protagonist called her two times and she came down. The heroine moved to live with them. She married the man she loved when she was young, but he died. After her death, she was mentally unstable and slept with other people. Then there were rumors that she couldn't stay any longer, so she came to rely on her sister. --It's the hero's wife. She witnessed her brother-in-law constantly getting angry and disrespecting her sister. When her sister was pregnant, he would play cards in various ways, smashing the plate and twisting his wrist if something went wrong. Among them, a gentleman who was not young came to chase the heroine, but was also upset when his brother-in-law said that he was old. In the end, the younger sister gave birth to a child, and the male protagonist had a big quarrel with the female protagonist and raped the female protagonist. The heroine is completely insane. But her sister chose not to believe the fact that she was raped by her brother-in-law. The heroine was taken away by the people in the lunatic asylum. In the last scene, the heroine's sister picked up the child and went upstairs to the neighbor's house, saying "never come down again".
I don't know if my sister will soften again. I don't sympathize with her at all. I smashed the lamp just after getting married. Why don't you divorce him? Then it's over after hitting you, why don't you divorce him? Even your sister can be a teacher. You have all been subjected to Proper southern upbringing since you were young, why can't you? I have nothing to say if you are willing to be beaten by him. In the end your sister suddenly went crazy and told you that your shameless asshole husband raped her and you chose not to believe it and said that if I believed it I couldn't be with him. Oh well. . . You two get together slowly. . . . No one can control this. . . But she is right in one sentence, the heroine was an extremely docile child since she was a child, and it was people like you (the hero) who abused her and drove her crazy.
The heroine was obviously a good girl when she was a child. She married the person she loved, but he died. I can't blame her. She died at a young age. After a while, I found out that my dead husband was better. What's wrong with that? She was a woman of culture, taste and hobbies, proficient in many poems and articles that both French and English teachers would read, and would have been a respectable middle-aged elegant woman if her husband had not died. She took the wrong car, and everything is better than her sister's house. She should leave after seeing her brother-in-law's ugly face, but she is soft-hearted and wants to protect her sister, and her sister also feels like home.
Her brother-in-law raped her was just the trigger for her madness. She was disgraced in two places. After her husband died, she finally found a good man. She also left her because of what she had done before. work, nowhere to go. But if she's smart enough she could leave them and sell some of her clothes and find a new place for a fresh start. But that's all for later.
Last word: I thought there were still many gentlemen in the 20th century. . . . .

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  • Ashleigh 2022-03-27 09:01:06

    7/10. It's really not worth it to be blocked by a friend for the issue of Vivien Leigh. Personally, I don't think it's convincing at all to let a handsome sexy idol like Brando rape such an old and ugly crazy woman with exaggerated and rigid acting skills. ! The whole film looks like a noisy acting, which is annoying, and it doesn't seem so "realistic" now, but Kazan is commendable in terms of moving the camera and scheduling the actors, and the broken scene is very thoughtful.

  • Rosella 2021-12-08 08:01:38

    How does society force people who are sensitive but don’t want to follow the rules to destruction

A Streetcar Named Desire quotes

  • Stanley: I never met a dame yet that didn't know if she was good-looking or not without being told, and there's some of them that give themselves credit for more than they've got.

  • Blanche: Whoever you are, I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.